Jakarta - Aston Villa cruised into the quarter-finals after crushing Club Brugge 3-0 in the second leg of the 2024/25 Champions League last 16 at Villa Park, Thursday morning WIB.
Villa progressed to the next round with a 6-1 aggregate win after winning the first leg 3-1 last week.In the second leg, Marco Asensio scored twice for Villa with the other goal scored by Ian Maatsen.Aston Villa are confirmed to face Paris Saint-Germain in the last eight or quarter-finals.In the 17th minute, Brugge had to play with 10 men after Kyriani Sabbe was given a straight red card for a hard foul on Marcus Rashford.The superiority in numbers gave Aston Villa the freedom to play freely to put pressure on Brugge's defense. However, no goals were scored until the match entered the half-time break.